Roughly 201 million years ago, the Triassic-Jurassic extinction event wiped out about 76% of all marine and land species on Earth. This cleared the stage for dinosaurs to take over for the next 135 ...

couple of Brachiosaurus altithorax and a flock of Pterosaurs in a scenic Late Jurassic landscape© dottedhippo/iStock via Getty Images The Jurassic Period is one of the three prehistoric geological ...

A new study reveals the Chicxulub meteorite impact also created an underground hydrothermal system that sustained life for 8 ...

Darkness, not cold or acidification, was the main driver of marine extinctions after the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Scientists have long debated whether dinosaurs were in decline before an asteroid smacked the Earth 66 million ...

Dinosaurs ruled the Earth for over 150 million years. Compared to the mere 4–6 million years that scientists believe humans and their earliest ancestors have been on the planet, it wouldn't be ...